Solo, Pen, Paper and Dice

Bug Hunting – S2E3

Took me a while to get this Five Parsecs from Home: Bug Hunt game played, photographed, cleaned up and blogged, but here it is. It was really frustrating having to play the same mission again, which delayed me in setting everything up, and then doing the work as doing something repetitive usually takes the fun out things, but I must say beforehand that I actually enjoyed it.

Mission: Re-take Star Port (sheltered)

1. Special Assignments

Ariana: Officer Training Course: Failure
Kato: Marksman Training : Success
Ulla: Harsh Environment Course: Success

2. Fight a tabletop battle

Objectives: Secure, Scout, Hack
Priority: 3
Spawn Rating: 2

Loadout:
Ariana Boarding Sword + Hand Cannon
Kato Minoru: Hyper Blaster + Pistol
Ulla: Combat Rifle + Pistol

Support: 3+1 (-1 Reputation)
Fire Team: Success
Sarge: Success
Soulless: Failure
Weapons Support: Success

Pre-Battle Roster

Name	Reactions	Speed	Combat Skill	Toughness	Savvy
Ariana Raschke	1	6″	+0	4	+3
Kato Minoru	3	6″	+2	5	+1
Ulla Voight	1	5″	+3	4	+2

Name	Completed Missions	XP	Origin	Training	Service History
Ariana Raschke	8	3	Trade Hub	– Planetary militia – Technical Training – Leadership Training	– Anti-pirate operation – USS Astral Monarch Campaign
Kato Minoru	6	5	Military Outpost	– Ground forces (Scouts) – Survival Course – Harsh Environment Course – Physical Training – Marksman Training	– Police Action – USS Astral Monarch Campaign
Ulla Voight	5	6	Trade Hub	– Naval forces (Security) – Physical training – Marksman Training – Harsh Environment Course	-Anti-pirate operation – USS Astral Monarch Campaign

Name	Missions & Injuries	Status
Ariana Raschke	S2E1, S2E2
Kato Minoru	S2E1	Service Pistol +1″ Range
Ulla Voight	S2E1, S2E2

Post-battle

1. Determine Casualties and Lost Marines

Ariana: Minor Injuries 1 Turn in Sickbay
Kato: Torso Wound: 4 Turns in Sickbay

2. Update Completed Missions

Done

3. Check for Mustering Out

Ariana: Muster Out!
Kato: Failure

4. Determine Reputation

23 Initial
-1 For Support Points
+1 For Rescuing 1 Troopers
+1 For 2 Objectives Completion
+1 For Objectives Roll
+1 For Hanie Riffin Origin
26 Final

5. Experience and Leveling

Ariana: MVP (she sacrificed herself to Hack the objective) 2 XP
Kato: 1 XP, will increase Speed to 7″
Ulla: 3 XP, will increase Toughness

6. Roll for Operational Progress

1 Support Point Claimed: 7 Total
Enemy swarms: Industrial Zone: Place 2 additional Contact markers at the beginning of battle

7. Roll for Military Life

Kato: You’re getting in shape, at least. You may immediately raise Speed by +1 for a cost of 5 XP (can’t…)

Session Summary

I had to use 2 Movie Magick cards: Evac Called & Reinforcements. I did not want to drag this battle out or fail it, so I used everything in my power to win.

I may have missed bringing up a Screamer or two of the variants, but I don’t think it would have much of an impact to the end result.

Well I finally got a character to muster out – and the one who didn’t have any advance to her Combat skill at that, also she doesn’t get to muster out with the service pistol, so I will have to spend her blood-earned Story Point to get it. On the other hand, she has a high Savvy score, and received Leadership training, which means she’s a perfect fit for a crew leader figure.

This means I will be switching to a regular Five Parsecs from Home campaign going forward.

I did spend some time preparing my crew for the Five Parsecs from Home campaign, and you can find a teaser shot here. I custom-designed Ariana’s civilian version using Titancraft and some digital kitbashing in blender. She also has her hair dyed differently this time – guess she didn’t want something that loud in her civilian life.

Since I commited so much time in printing and painting terrain for Bug Hunt (I burned out actually while painting my industrial zone terrain) and I really want a tough trooper like Ulla to be part of my crew (Combat skill +3!) I may continue running the Bug Hunt campaign on the side, and may get her to muster out as well. Should that happen, there’s always going to be a spot for her in Ariana’s crew.